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Subject: Re: Moderated newsgroup

Author: Chris Whittington

Date: 07:07:19 11/20/97

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On November 20, 1997 at 09:05:10, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On November 20, 1997 at 08:15:17, Peter Herttrich wrote:
>
>>On November 20, 1997 at 08:06:06, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>>
>>>Are the plans to create a new moderated newsgroup cancelled?
>>>I thought there was going to be an argumentation period, request
>>>for votes etc...?
>>>
>>>
>>>Bas Hamstra.
>>
>>Good question!
>>But i think, before you start a RFD u should find a moderator.
>>And this is not easy. This guy has to read every msg and this
>>with this high traffic here. umpf.......
>>
>>Perhaps Bob? I remember some months ago, someone said, he is
>>a computer :-) For a computer this should be no problem.
>>No no no no no .... don't shoot me, i'm only joking.
>>
>>Anyway i would like to see a good discussion abt this theme.
>>
>>Cheerio
>>Peter
>
>
>Sorry, but, whats's the purpose to create a new newsgroup? It seem we
>are running all the time from something or from somebody.The potential
>of conflict will be not diluded in that way, because is in ourselves:
>there are in CCC a good amount of egoes, as in elsewhere, so strong
>discussions and even insults will happen all the time, here or in the
>moon.

Entirely correct analysis.

> Or is the idea to do something absolutely exclusive for gurus?

Some people seem to like that idea. But a rgcp on the ng hierarchy will
be relatively open access. If it's moderated by screening each post,
then it will be very slow (not to my taste); but being slow has the
advantage of keeping the nutters away, since they like fast feedback and
manic thread maintenance.

If it's moderated by controlling user access (unacceptable posts get you
banned), then it will, as CCC has shown, be mainly crap-free, with
occasional failures.


>Well, is that is the case, is legitimate, though somewhat disgusting for
>us, non-guru entities.

Yes, I agree. But the problem is that the great, open, democratic
experiment in the world talking to itself has failed. Its just about
fine when good-will experts or just an interested community is talking
(but even the we haev personality clashes etc); but it fails because it
is also open house to any lunatic, bore, axe-grinder, lonely stalker or
whatever who cares to join in the fun. This latter collection wreck open
access groups (as we know).

Chris Whittington





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